Holographic grating recording in azobenzene functionalized polymers

• Authors: Anna Sobolewska , Andrzej Miniewicz , Eugenia Grabiec , Danuta Sek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A group of 22 polymers have been synthesized to test their suitability for recording holographic gratings. Polyamides, polyimides, polyesters and their combinations were functionalized with pendant azobenzene groups containing single or double N=N. The polymers were studied using a standard degenerate two-wave mixing technique, which enables measurement of light-induced periodic modification of polymer refractive index and absorption coefficient by analysis of the diffracted light. Two qualitatively different configurations of the holographic polarization recording were used, s-s and s-p. The relationship between structural properties of polymer matrix and azobenzene groups and the holographic grating recording kinetics and light diffraction efficiency was investigated.

Keywords

EN

Azobenzene functionalized polymers; azo-polymers; refractive index; light scattering; holographic grating recording; polarization recording

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 266-284

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2006

online

1 - 6 - 2006

Contributors

author

Anna Sobolewska

• Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland

author

Andrzej Miniewicz

• Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland

author

Eugenia Grabiec

• Centre of Polymer Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 41-819, Zabrze, Poland

author

Danuta Sek

• Centre of Polymer Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 41-819, Zabrze, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11532-006-0003-7